Disgraced former Melbourne chief executive Brian Waldron has broken his silence to explain his part in the Storm's NRL salary cap scandal.
Speaking to Melbourne radio station SEN yesterday, a remorseful Mr Waldron accepted full responsibility for the salary cap breaches that saw the club stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships five years ago.
Mr Waldron wasn't making excuses for the systematic breaches he oversaw, but he was at pains to point out the NRL's inflexibility with regard to game development payments to players.
"Don't take this as an excuse because there are no excuses, but we ran a business that had a dual charter of trying to grow the game and build the Storm," Mr Waldron said.
When asked why he was finally speaking on the subject Mr Waldron said: "It's about redemption five years on.
